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Cables and associated items distributor Anixter has reported a slight sales increase to $1.52bn for Q1, it says. Despite the negative weather impact in the months of January and February and excluding the impact of copper pricing and foreign exchange, organic sales increased by 3.8%:

Telekom Austria has bought almost half the spectrum on offer in a Slovenian auction for €64m. Its Slovenian unit, Si.mobil, plans to cover half the Slovenian population with fourth-generation LTE technology for faster internet by the end of the year.

US-based provider of security-as-a-service solutions for the cloud Alert Logic has announced plans of international expansion into the EMEA region as it sees a growing potential in security and compliance solutions market in Europe.

Danish open platform IP video surveillance software specialist Milestone Systems has announced a 28% y/y growth in revenues in 2013 thanks to a positive development across all geographies along with an improved efficiency of its channel partners.